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Originally Posted by tis
I agree, Lucky. I always say that surgeons want you to have surgery. I think you have to really know that you need it.
I have been "LUCKY", I have never had to have back or knee or hip surgery etc. but I watch friends go through it. Back surgery seems especially tricky. I know some who have had back surgery several times and it is not successful.
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Hey I was "Lucky" too. When I moved into my home the older woman across the street told me that she had had several back surgeries and wish she had never had the first one.
I also know a gal in Florida who has had five or six back operations and is worse off than she ever was before. The from the results of the surgeries may be the reason that she drinks too much and is now injured from a drunk driving accident.
So for me it is an aspirin when I need it and sometimes two aspirin. So far so good though. Hope this fellow is "Lucky" also and gives himself time to make sure that he needs surgery. At 52 he may have time to see how he does with healthy eating, good weight, exercise appropriate for his hip etc.